Norman:
After speaking with my brothers, I was already on my way to the hospital in the nearest pack to check on Rayden before anyone else did. His family would already be on the way.
I reached the hospital in ti and joined him in his private room, where he had been resting ever since he woke up. He looked like a ss, but since he had woken up, once he gained so strength, he would be able to transition and heal perfectly.
"He is doing much better. Being an Alpha really helps," the doctors said, and I gave them a dramatic nod.
"I’ll have a word with him," I gestured at the doctor to leave us alone. Once he left, I adjusted my collar and looked around for a chair.
There was a chair on the side, but it reminded of the one that broke the other night. I rembered falling and Helanie losing her mind, laughing shalessly. She could be a bit too much at tis.
"How are you now?" I asked the question just for formality. It would be rude to imdiately ask him what he was planning to tell the council.
"I am... alive," he muttered, his eyes fixed on the ceiling. Of course, he looked traumatized. Coming across a Lycan and then getting his body torn to pieces must have been excruciating.
"Hmm, Rayden, I heard what happened. I’m upset that you students thought going into the woods and risking your lives for others was your responsibility. I’m also disappointed that none of you ca to first to talk about your plans. The only reason we trainers make rules is for your own safety," I said, waiting for the right mont to ask the right question.
"We might have succeeded if my water gun hadn’t been replaced. Sobody sabotaged the plan," he spoke with difficulty, closing his eyes tightly and sounding like he was chewing on needles.
"I heard you’ve made that claim. May I know who did it? We’ll need to punish that person," I said, leaning forward with my hands on the bed.
"It was Helanie!" His voice didn’t falter this ti. The look of certainty on his face confird he knew exactly what he was talking about.
"Helanie sabotaged the plan? Why?" I was shocked, though I had a feeling I would hear that na. However, I thought he might say it just to get back at her for making him apologize to her. But the way he was talking, his eyes told the truth.
"Helanie wanted revenge for... my bullying," there was a slight hesitation in his voice, and he even looked away when explaining why Helanie might have done such a thing.
"Are you sure? Because if you’re accusing Helanie, it ans you’re saying she tried to get back at you by putting everyone else in danger," I pressed, wanting to hear his side clearly. Even so, I already doubted they could have defeated the Lycan.
"I’m not lying. She was with at the ti. Her job was to back up. When I realized I had the wrong gun, she ran into the woods and claid hers was broken too," he explained, his eyes turning red with anger.
I listened to him carefully, but I was growing impatient to confront Helanie. Could she really have done that and then acted so innocent back at ho?
"Ehm! I will investigate and make sure she is punished if she really did that. You rest now; I’ll co see you again in an hour or two," I assured him before walking out. I felt torn, unsure who to believe.
Rayden was under heavy sedatives, so it was unlikely he was fabricating an exaggerated story. But it was also possible he had misunderstood and was accusing Helanie because he didn’t want to admit that an Alpha like him had been so badly defeated.
"Bring Helanie to right now," I ordered my warrior. I needed to speak with her and see her reaction for myself.
The next hour dragged on painfully. I paced around the garden next to the hospital, waiting for Helanie to arrive.
At last, she showed up. She stepped out of the car looking confused and lost, with the warrior escorting her straight to .
Her hair was in a ssy braid, and she wore that purple sweater she couldn’t seem to let go of, wrapping it snugly around her body.
"Thank you. Go ahead, leave for ho. I’ll bring her back with ," I inford the warrior and waited for him to completely disappear. I knew these n loved to gossip, and once words spread, they turned into rumors.
Now I stood before Helanie, hands on my waist and my eyes scrutinizing her intensely. She looked anxious, nervously fidgeting as I stared.
"I spoke to Rayden, and he claims that it was you who—" Before I could even finish, she took a deep breath and interrupted, saying,
"I did. I replaced the water in his gun and then broke my gun while I ran away from him," she confessed. It didn’t even take yelling or scolding her—here she was, telling the truth.
"Helanie, are you saying this under soone’s pressure?" I asked, and she lowered her eyes.
"No!" she paused before adding, "If I hadn’t, it would have been in his place."
Her additional statent made frown. "Rayden has been awful to . He’s been bullying to the point that... he scared into joining this plan. I didn’t want to be a part of it, but he said if I didn’t go with him, he would keep making my life miserable." She didn’t even raise her eyes as she explained what Rayden had been doing to her.
"Why didn’t you tell or my brothers about it?" I asked, irritation creeping into my tone.
"I didn’t want you guys to constantly deal with it or have people asking why you were showing so much concern for a re student. Besides, he already told that—he’d throw to the Lycan. So... I panicked and did whatever I could to... save myself," she admitted, hesitantly glancing around, avoiding looking back at .
"I had to do it," she added, a subtle note of trauma slipping through her voice. The agitation she showed puzzled .
What was it? Why was she so scared of Rayden?
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